Defensive CSS

Practical CSS and design tips that helps in building future-proof user interfaces. A project by @shadeed9

[Defensive CSS @DefensiveCSS]

@jeffscottward @layer Maybe this can help? https://t.co/YUsKBkR1m5

[Bramus @bramus]

Now up in the front-end track is @shadeed9, talking about @DefensiveCSS which he published earlier this year.

https://t.co/9WXHfGywcQ

#WebDirections

[Web Directions @webdirections]

CSS allows you to build any layout you want. Unfortunately, we still don't care too much about preventing CSS issues upfront. So at Summit @shadeed9 will outline defensive CSS, a term he coined to describe CSS that is future-proof and defensive.

https://t.co/t9EqGViVEn

[Defensive CSS @DefensiveCSS]

It was an honor talking about Defensive CSS @ParisWeb.

You can watch the talk here (It's a part of a live stream):
https://t.co/JqpcCEJRki

[Ahmad Shadeed @shadeed9]

Hello 👋

I got back home today from my trip to @ParisWeb! It was a great experience for a first-time speaker! I learned a lot, and glad that I met @mmatuzo, @klohFR, and @ffoodd_fr in person ��

Photo credit: the amazing @mmatuzo

[Defensive CSS @DefensiveCSS]

Looking forward to speak about Defensive CSS next week in Paris! 🤩

[Paris Web @ParisWeb]

Designer et développeur front-end, @shadeed9 nous fera l'honneur de partager son expertise #CSS pour la toute première fois en France. Et ce sera à #ParisWeb le 7 octobre prochain ! https://t.co/k44x1ol2ts

Inscrivez-vous pour assister à sa conférence : https://t.co/jps45H8zHE

[Ahmad Shadeed @shadeed9]

I have updated https://t.co/BlJWxoJnPx and added a speaking section. It's amazing how quickly a simple idea can take off! 🤩

I am so excited for what is to come for @DefensiveCSS 🔥

[Defensive CSS @DefensiveCSS]

🌟 New Tip

When working with multilingual websites, make sure to account for short content lengths by setting a minimum size.

In this example, the button "Done" become too small in Arabic. We can fix that by setting a min-width in CSS.

Read more: https://t.co/8CfL2FpLYU

[Ahmad Shadeed @shadeed9]

So excited to speak about @DefensiveCSS at Xpand conf in Jordan 🙌

[Defensive CSS @DefensiveCSS]

💡 In CSS grid, we can choose between auto-fill and auto-fit for how a grid item should behave. The keyword auto-fit is risky, specially when we don't know the number of grid items.

Read more in this defensive CSS tip:
https://t.co/yXjpJUVxzN

[Ahmad Shadeed @shadeed9]

It was an honor for me to give a talk on Defensive CSS to the @Supermetrics development team in Helsinki, Finland.

This is a great experience for me and looking to spread the word even more about @DefensiveCSS 🤩

[Defensive CSS @DefensiveCSS]

It's a common mistake to use display: flex and forget about it. When the content gets longer, flex items will stretch to fill the parent.

That's what happened to the image here. The fix is to use align-items or align-self depending on the use case.

🔗 https://t.co/tVoqUZKQJW

[Ahmad Shadeed @shadeed9]

Looking forward to talk about @DefensiveCSS at Paris Web later this year.

[Defensive CSS @DefensiveCSS]

@dym_sh Not for now. Please feel free to send a DM for any suggestion you might have.

[Defensive CSS @DefensiveCSS]

Have you ever tried using position: sticky with CSS grid and it didn't work? You need to override the default behavior of CSS grid by applying align-self: start to the aside.

✍️ Find out more in this defensive tip: https://t.co/BSf4B5bwpL

[CSS Café @CSS__Cafe]

A little late and sorry for that, but here are all the links mentioned during @shadeed9's talk:

Slides: https://t.co/3ma4rWEJJv

https://t.co/bH7URE9gMg
https://t.co/Xic0SrA6CU
https://t.co/Hu9NZWAIRL
https://t.co/tli8k5OTmb
https://t.co/1M0wCQ6guW

[Defensive CSS @DefensiveCSS]

@nhoizey Thanks for the heads up, fixed!

[Defensive CSS @DefensiveCSS]

⚠️ By default, flexbox will let its child items take up as much space as the content. This can lead to overflow issues.

Learn more about how to prevent that.

https://t.co/X7qud1i2da

[Defensive CSS @DefensiveCSS]

@htmlvv You might have missed this part 😄

[CSS Café @CSS__Cafe]

Want to get an idea of what "Defensive CSS" 🛡 exactly is? This Thursday would be *the* opportunity as @shadeed9 will be presenting his thoughts and ideas around it at our next online event! 🥳✨ 👇🏻

https://t.co/88lhfiOjr6

[Defensive CSS @DefensiveCSS]

@KonstantinRouda Good question! Because inset shadows don't work with images.

[Defensive CSS @DefensiveCSS]

Hello world, I’m happy to publish Defensive CSS! 🥳

It's a resource explaining how to write CSS defensively, and how it can be used as a strategy for every front-end project.

✍️ More content is on the way!

https://t.co/8cc8lNxDpb